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cease from our works as God did from His, because
all is finished. Into this rest we enter by faith in the
finished work of Jesus, in surrender to be sanctified
by God.i
Because Jesus finished the second creation in His
resurrection, and we, by the power of His resurrection,
enter into life and rest, the seventh day is
changed to the first day of the week. There is no
specific statement on this point : under the New Testament,
the Spirit takes the place of the law. The
Spirit of the Lord led His disciples to the celebration
of this day. It was the day. not only in which the
Lord was raised, but also on which, in all likelihood,
the Spirit was poured out : not only on which the
Lord manifested Himself during the forty days, but
on which the Spirit also specially worked.^
The chief lessons that we have to learn about this
day are the following
The principal aim of the Sabbath is
to make you
holy, as God is holy. God would have you holy
this is glory, this is blessedness : this is His blessing,
this His rest. God would have you holy, filled with
Himself and His holiness.'
In order to sanctify you, God must have you with
Him, in His presence and fellowship. You are to
come away from all your struggling and working to
rest with Him : to rest quietly, without exertion or anxiety,
in the certitude that the Son has finished every-
I Heb. iv. 3, lo.
'John XX. I, 19, 26 ; Acts i. 8, xx. 7 ; i Cor. xvi. 2 ;
Rev. i za
8Ex. xxix. 43, 45
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Ezek. xxxvii. 27, 28; i Pet. i. 15, 16.
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